GML 5.2 and Qwen 3.8 Max Failure Points

How far will a paired team of GLM 5.2 and Qwen 3.8 Max go?

I wanted the car to look like it was turning, just a subtle 3D effect of showing a side fender, and a front tire like Rad Racer did.  Neither could do it, Qwen was closer, but both lost the rear tires, and the sides looked wrong to the point of breaking the basic box geometry of the main car.

Small details of world model understanding that a human could do in assembly language on the original 8 bit Nintendo, but the two smartest AI's on the planet in 2026 can't crack the code.

But they could add an overhead map, a turbo boost that feels like an addition more than a distraction, new obstacle vehicles, and a level 7 that's interestingly different.

Qwen 3.6 35b was unable to add a level 7 to a working 6 level game.

RAD HORIZON — Turbo Grand Prix
Turbo Grand Prix · 7 Stages · Est. 1986
HI-SCORE 0000000
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BRAKE
NITRO
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◀▶ STEER ▲ THROTTLE ▼ BRAKE SHIFT NITRO 1234 RADIO M MUTE G 3-D P PAUSE
A love letter to OUT RUN (Sega · 1986) and RAD RACER (Square · 1987) — every pixel drawn in code, every note synthesized live. Thread the needle between traffic to charge NITRO, hit every checkpoint, and pop on the red-cyan glasses for the full 1987 treatment.
Stage 6 is the NEON TUNNEL: four blacked-out bores where the light rings strobe in time with the radio and the music muffles the moment you're inside — and where the corners flatten out so you can hold it flat through the dark.
Stage 7 is THUNDER ROAD — a night storm on the coast. Rain streaks that lay back as you accelerate, lightning that forks down and flares the whole landscape, thunder that rolls in behind it, and asphalt so wet that every tail light, lamp and neon sign mirrors itself down the road. Two tunnels cut through the storm: dive in for shelter, then burst back out into the rain.
Score like a pro: tuck in behind traffic to slipstream, then swing out — every clean pass feeds a CHAIN multiplier up to x9, crashes wipe it. Grab the hovering TURBO pads for a kick and extra nitro, and hold the throttle on GO for a LAUNCH BOOST. Beat 60,000 and the cabinet asks for your initials.

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